Hair curler



A. ZACHARY July l, 1952 HAIR CURLER Filed June 2, 1950 INI 'm TOR. Alexis Zachary BY FIG.2

ATTORNEY .Patented July 1, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;`

I have invented an improved hair curling implement for use in permanent waving, especially a hair curling implement intended chiefly to produce ringlets in the hair of women.

It is an object of this invention to provide a hair curler comprising a rotatable member which gives the hair the desired form, and a base upon which the ringlets are disposed; the member being detachable so that it can be taken off to nish the treatment. The process is terminated without said member; and the operator is thus enabled to work more quickly, effectively and to better advantage, with increased comfort and convenience to the patron.

A further object of this invention is to provide a curler adapted to facilitate the formation of ringlets in the hair, and the drying of the curls quickly, with a great saving of time and labor in the process.

The nature of the invention is made clear in the following description, taken with the drawings, illustrating the preferred forms which the invention may assume, and the novel characteristics are defined in the claims. But the disclosure is for purposes of explanation only, and various minor alterations maywbe made without material change in the general construction.

The device of this invention includes in general a forked base, a hair-winding member rotatable on the base, and a clamping element on the member to secure a wisp of hair in place on the implement. The member with the clamping element is easily dismounted when the hair is ready for washing and drying.

On the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a longitudinal sectional View of the member, which includes a Shaft and handle to turn it.

Figure 2 is the same longitudinal section with the parts in diiferent position.

Figure 3 is a similar section in another plane.

Figure 4 is a top plan view of the implement.

Figure 5 is a side elevation thereof.

Figures 6 and 7 are side and top views of the base.

Figure 8 shows the base and shaft in part with the hair wound on the shaft for curling, this view being a section on line 8-8 of Figure 7.

Figure 9 shows the base with the winding or curling member removed and the curled hair clampedon the base. y y

Figure 10 is a plan view of the base with its parts distended.

Figure .11 is a cross-section view of the gripping member of the base, enlarged.

Figure 12 is a longitudinal section of a curler of modied construction, and

Figure 13 is a sectional detail of a further modication.

The curling implement comprises a base having a body I with parallel projections 2 extending from one end, making the base yoke-shaped. Adjacent the opposite end the base has a large round aperture 3 in its upper face, said aperture being also in the bottom, but reduced in diameter by an internal annular rim 3a.

Pivotally attached to the base I is a hollow member comprising a tubular shaft 4 with one end for the aperture or bearing recess 3. On this shaft is a slidable sleeve 5 to serve as a handle. Pivotally united to the inner end of this handle 5 is a yoke-shaped arm 6 mounted on a pivot pin l. This arm or element 6 clamps the end of the wisp of hair, which is wound on the arm 6 and shaft 4, as shown in Figure 8. The

arm 6 is lifted and the end of the wisp is laid I against the tube 4. The arm 6 is then turned down to grip the hair, and the shaft is turned to wrap the hair on the tube 4 and arm 6 together. The clamping arm G lies closely against the tube and has a curved form to fit the exterior surface thereof. When in use, the base I rests against the patrons head and the hair encircles the shaft 4 in aspiral.

In the sides of the tubular shaft 4 are slots 8 through which the pin or stud 'I passes. These slots 8 are long enough to permit movement of the handle from the position shown in Figure l to the middle of the shaft 4, as illustrated in Figure 2; so that the free end of the clamping element 6 may be close to the base I. Inside the tubular shaft 4, at the end to be connected to the base I is an inverted U-shaped spring 9 fixed in place by a rivet IIJ. The ends of this spring are bent outward as indicated at II, and can be urged to project through apertures or slots I2 in the sides of the shaft 4 at the end. Ordinarily the ends I2 are retracted by compression springs I3 in the shaft 4 which bear against the springs 9.

The middle of the spring 9 has an aperture I4, and within the tube 4 about at the middle is a link I5 with its top and bottom ends closed, and two of its sides I6 closed. In the other two sides are slots Il through which extends the pin I. This link is connected by a rod I8 to a cam block I9 within the spring 9. Obviously when the handle forces the arm 6 down to the base, the pin engages the link I5 and impels the block I9 down between the parts of the spring 9 which p, lie close together, and spreads these parts, causing the outturn'ed ends to protrude through Vthe slots I2. The two arms of the spring 9 normally incline towards each other at the ends I I.

The legs or projections 2 of the base are hollow. and at the junction thereof are two flat superposed extensions 20, that project away from the legs and are separated from one another over their entire lengths. The large hole 3 is in the upper extension'and the smaller hole with the rim 3a is in the lower. The base also comprises a part or member 2| that is also yoke-shaped or concave at one end, with internal ribs 22 along the sides 23. The member 2| is movably joined to the base by a strip of elastic 24, the ends of which are affixed in the outer extremities o f the f hollow projections 2. This strip rpasses. through both sides 23, which are hollow to receive it ;V 'and these arms are further beveled as indicated'at 24 on the face of the base which rests against the head bearing the hair under treatment.

"To employ thev dev/ica, the'base is laid against the head,.and theshaft 4 joined to the base This is done by inserting the lower end of the shaft into the aperture 3, and sliding the handle 5`forward till the pin 1 moves the link from the position shown in Figure 1 to the position shown inFigure 2. The block I9 thus moves farther in between' the arms of spring 9. The ends II of the springs are thus forced through the slots I2,

and the base and shaft 4 'are rotatably con- 1 nected so that the shaft Vcan turn in the base I The device can thusrrea'dily be handled as a unit and'put upon the patrons head at the selected point.V Of 'course' the required number of these units will be utilized to engage the hair wherever the treatment is to be given, When the end of the shaft is in the base it rests on the rim 3a, and the ends II engage partly with the undercut edge 26 at the junction of the projections 2, and partly ,under the edge of the opening 3 in the top extensionv 20.

The arm 6 is then lifted, and the operator lays the skein or wisp'of hairv 21 against the shaft 4 andy clamps it under the arm. The shaft 4 is now turned to wind the hair onthe shaft and element 6 together, The shaft 4 is first given a coating 'of the setting solution, and the hair 21 is held till the spiral assumes its permanent form. .Y

When the shaft 4 'is rotated with respect to the base, the projecting ends of the spring or retaining means A9 of course Vmove around inside the base and the shaft 4 is held in 'place as it turns, and the ends prevent separation of the shaft and handle from the base. vThe arms of the spring 9, while shown as two in number, can be increased to four if necessary.

The 'spiral curls 21 when set are pressed down on the shaft towards the base .I and engaged by the'element 2|. First the clamping element2| is pulled out from the base, raised and slipped upon the shaft 4. The shaft fills the recess or concave end between the arms 23. The shaft 4, if desired, can now .be detached by pulling it out of the aperture 3. rvThe treatment is nished by Washing the hair andjdrying with only the base I and clip or element 2| in place. After drying, the base I and element 2.0 are removed, and the turns in the hair 21 separate and spread out, but the curves remain.

' The diameter of the curls can bev increased by lattaching a plate .28 to the arm 6. This plate yconforms to the shape of the arm, and is put on lvby slipping alrivet 29, which it carries, into a slot 30 which has its open 'end in thepivoted lend of the shaft 4 carries the clamping arm 6.

4 the arm 6. A spring 3| in the handle 5 engages the shaft 4 Iand keeps the parts in tight lt.

The curler of Figure 12 has a tubular shaft 4 with a tube 32 therein fixed at both ends. In this shaft are springs -9 with ends Il to project as before Ithrough apertures I2 in the forward end of the shaft. A cam block I9 for this spring is joined to a rod 33 which projects through the opposite endof the shaft'and 'carriesfon its outer end a knob 34. The'opposite end` of the shaft 4 carries an elongated cap 35, and a sleeve 36 on This sleeve is slidable on the shaft and one end can be inserted into the cap 35. Inside the shaft 4 and around the tube'32 is a spring 31, seating L'against the cap/35, which closes the end of the shaft; anda' ring 38 surrounding the Itube 32.

)can be moved against' the Vspring 31"t o pullthe -clampingjarm 6 awayfromther base I when the shaft is -to be detached.

In Figure 13,v the knob 3 4'is shown with rods or pins 4I) attached and extendinginto af sleeve '4| which envelops the cap 35"and'is madefast to said cap. The pins 40 are longenoughtoproject from the opposite end ofthe cap 35V andthe sleeve 4I. On the sleeve 36 nearthe upper end isV a collar 42. Whenythe sleeve' 36 "is" moved' to retract the'clam'ping arm 6, it'strikes thepinsM yand retracts the cam =b1oc'k '|9 also. 'The vpin' or screw securing the sleeve 4| to the 'cap 3 5 isv'indicated at 44. The sleeve 4| can bek omitted'if desired, and the 'pinsf 40 placed insidethefcap 35. The hollow shaft 4 with vthe springs thereinn the implement shownin Figure' 13 'is thesame" as the form indicated at the lower half of Figure vv12. In Figure 1 the shaft 4 is shown with a coiled spring 45 in its upper end to engag'ethe'link 1 and urge it to carry they block I9 vbet'w'een'the arms of the spring 9.

The 'inventionl of this case issimiIar tofthe -curlers of my copending applications, SerialNos. 43,491 and 52,817 now Patent'Nos."2,590,669and 2,585,611 respectively; butthe claims herein' are 1drawn to the combination"v Tof the base 'with the movable part 2| and the means carried bythe shaft 4 te operate thespnngsf s'f'sucnmeans knob 34, passing through the shaft 4 asiri Figures 12 and 13.

' Having described myihvention, what Iclaimas new 1s:

1. A hair curler comprising a'iiat base'with projections extending therefrom at eachsidejthe base having a bearingaperture" adjacentthe )junction of the projections, a hollow shaft "having one end in said aperture;'retainin g "means in ione end of -the shaftto' engage' the "edges'pf Asaid aperture to' heid said sharteh'seid base, handle slidably mounted onthegshaftand connections in the shaft operable `by said handlejtoactuate said retaining means.

2. AA hair curler comprising abase with'A pro- Ije'euens extending. therefrom an eeehfsiae,fthe base having a bearing aperture adjacent the' junction ofthe projections',,ahollo'w'shaft having v one fend in said aperture,`re`silient retaining means in 'one end of the shaft to engage the edges of `said aperture to heid said Sharron saidbase., and

means carried by the shaft and movable" longi 3. A hair curler comprising a flat base with projections extending therefrom at each side, the base having a bearing aperture adjacent the junction of the projections, a hollow shaft having one end in said aperture, retaining means in one end o-f the shaft to engage the edges of said laperture Ito holdrsaid shaft on said base, a handle slidably mounted on the shaft and connections in the shaft operable by said handle, said means having the form of a bent spring with arms having outturned ends in said end of the shaft, a cam lblock in the shaft to engage said ends and force themito project out through openings in the shaft at said end, the -connections including a slotted llinl; in the shaft joined to said cam block and said handle.

4. A hair curler comprising a base with projections extending therefrom at each side, the base having a bearing aperture adjacent the junction of the projections, a hollow shaft having one end in said aperture, retaining means in one end of the shaft to engage the edges of said aperture to hold said shaft on said base, and means carried by the shaft to operate said retaining means, said base including a detachable clip yieldably attached to the base, said base also having extensions at the junction of said arms with a space between them, the clip having arms at the sides with ribs between said extensions, and an elastic strip with its ends fast in the projections and i 5. A hair curler comprising a flat base with projections extending therefrom at each side, the base having a bearing aperture adjacent the junction of the projections, a hollow shaft having one end in said aperture, retaining means in one end of the shaft to engage the edges of said aperture to hold said shaft on said base, a handle slidablyl mounted on the shaft and connections in the shaft operable by said handle, said means having the form of a bent spring with arms having outturned ends in said end of the shaft, a cam block in the shaft to engage said endsand force them to project out through openings in the shaft at said end, the connections including a slotted link inthe shaft joined to said cam block and said handle, said base also having extensions at the junction of said arms with a space between them. the clip having arms at the sides with ribs between said extensions, and an elastic strip with its ends fast in the projections and engaging said clip, to enable the clip to be retracted from the remainder of the base.

6. A hair curler comprising a base having a bearing aperture therein, a hollow shaft for insertion at one end into the aperture, a tube in the shaft, retaining means in the one end of the shaft, said means having out-turned ends. and means carried bythe shaft and extending through the tube for actuating said outturned ends through openings in the shaft to engage under the rim of the aperture. to couple the shaft rotatably to the base, said means comprising a cam block on said means. a rod joined to the block extending at the opposite end outside of the shaft, and a knob on the outer end of said rod, a cap fixed on the opposite end of the shaft, a sleeve slidably mounted on the shaft, and a clamping arm on the last-named sleeve, one end of the sleeve being insertible into the cap.

7. A hair curler comprising a base having a bearing aperture therein, a hollow shaft for insertion at one end into the aperture, a tube in the shaft, retaining means in the one rend of the shaft, said means having out-turned ends, and means carried by the shaft and extending through the tube for actuating said out-turned ends through openings in the shaft to engage under the rim of the aperture, to couple the shaft rotatably to the base, said means comprising a cam block on said means, a rod joined to the block extending at the opposite end outside of the shaft. and a knob on the outer end of said rod, a cap fixed on the opposite end of the shaft, a. sleeve fixed to the cap, a sleeve slidably mounted on the shaft, and a clampingarm on the last-named sleeve, one said knob having rods extending through the first-named sleeve, and said lastnamed sleeve having a collar adjacent end to engage said rods.

ALEXIS ZACHARY.

REFERENCES CITED UNITED` STATES PATENTS Name Date Leland May 16, 1939 Number 

